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Data Storage Group Receives Patent For Innovative Data Deduplication Technology: Page 2 of 2

The indexing architecture can distribute the information across all the computers and volumes in the network, allowing users to run hundreds of servers and simultaneously run dedupe on them at the same time, Dodd says.

Dodd partially credited the technology to his background in high-performance computing with supercomputer vendor Cray Research. The technology also distributes the deduplication process across the network of computers, which the company says requires less compute-intensive resources and can offer higher performance and scalability. In addition, the technology also includes a virtual file system that makes it easier for users to restore files and gain access to stored data for all managed points-in-time.

The DataStor Shield product, which was first available in 2006 and was originally known as ArchiveIQ, has about 120 customers and costs $990 per server, or $250 per virtual machine.

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